As I’m writing my journal, I’m feeling fear, the vibration in the chest. I didn’t wake up with it, and haven’t felt it in a long time. I try to hold it and say “There, there,” as though it were a frightened baby. It probably relates to the horror story a friend told me yesterday about people breaking up the rock where gas is found by injecting toxic chemicals deep underground and setting off an explosion. The rock layers get broken up, making it easier to extract the gas. But the groundwater gets contaminated, and people can set fire to what comes out of their faucets. What do I have to oppose to this sort of thing? God just disappears and I feel alone and helpless in a ruined world. Who can I pray to?
Dear Guides and Guardian Spirits, I’m feeling lost and scared because of stories of how the rich and greedy are exploiting and poisoning the earth. Please help me!
Dear Jenny, we love you. We love your concern for the material body of your planet. At the same time we remind you that the material realm is illusion, it is not ultimately real. It is raw material for creativity and for learning lessons. What is real is your love for the trees and the rock and the earth. What is real is your work on yourself and your efforts to bring compassion to fear, to despair, to loneliness. We love and honor you for this work. We know you cannot see us or feel our presence, but we are all around you, loving and supporting you, along with multitudes of spirits who love you. Never fear, you too are enclosed by the circle.